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newsletter - May 10, 2004 COLOGNE - THE DANCE IS COMING BACK Since Jochen Ulrich's company Tanzforum in Cologne had to close in 1997, there has been no dance company in residence, until today, May 10th, when ex-Freiburg choreographer Amanda Miller and her Pretty Ugly Dance Company were announced as the new Cologne based dance company. Now, seven dance-less years later, a cooperation of the city theatre, the city council, the private Imhoff foundation and the independant Kultursalon association managed to errect a 700.000 Euro budget (of 820.000 Euro needed) which is at disposal for taking off the Cologne company from January 2005 onwards. Playgrounds during the next 4 years of contract will be the Schauspielhaus and the Halle Kalk. newsletter - Jan 13, 2004 FORSYTHE'S CONTRACT SIGNED TODAY! After month of quarrels, the city of Frankfurt signed the contract with William Forsythe today, to facilite an inter-state cooperation between Hessen and Thuringia, Dresden and Frankfurt. The contract will secure an continued existence of a new and independent ensemble, while Ballet Frankfurt will stop existing by the end of the 2004 season. newsletter - Jan 3, 2004 FORSYTHE'S FUTURE As Frankfurt city council rules out a multi-state financing arrangement, the neighbouring town of Offenbach has "put forward a serious offer" to William Forsythe, according to mayor Gerhard Grandke. If accepted, Offenbach would provide Euro 200,000 annually, thereby facilitating an inter-state cooperation between Hessen and Thuringia, Dresden and Offenbach, and securing the continued existence of the ensemble, at least on a project basis. Munich has also put forward an offer. Meanwhile, Forsythe has accepted Richard Cragun's offer to act as "artistic consultant" under Cragun's direction at the DeAnima Ballet in Rio de Janeiro. A first evening, entitled "Forsythe@DeAnima", is already in the pipeline and includes a piece which Forsythe developed with youngsters from the welfare programme. In a further premiere, "A Week with Billy", chief choreographer Roberto de Oliveira takes his experiences with William Forsythe as his theme. To advertise, please contact:ads@ballet-tanz.de BALLET-TANZ informs the reader about all the highlights in the world of dance. We aim to provide help in finding the right contacts in all areas of the art by means of our international auditions, jobs, schools and workshops listings. BALLET-TANZ is a unique communication tool for those involved in the field of dance and related arts and services world wide, such as composers and musicians, new media artists, filmmakers and visual artists, journalists, researchers and artistic advisors, producers, festival organisers and sponsors, schools and teachers, agencies and outfitters. NOTE TO ARTISTS AND VENUES To guarantee lively and effective communication in the dance world, we urge you to inform us about your coming productions and tour dates as well as other events of interest. Suggestions? Comments? Requests? Write to: regitz@ballet-tanz or wesemann@ballet-tanz.de Subscribe/Unsubscribe this newsletter (get it for free by email) |
